bosses
The Daily Grind: How long is an ideal boss fight in an MMORPG?
I tend to have a bone to pick with World of Warcraft's boss fights, which is a bit of an issue when there are...
New World designers take players through the journey of designing a boss
How do you make a boss in New World? Specifically an AI boss, not any other meaning of the word. A new video features...
The Elder Scrolls Online walks players through the process of designing boss encounters
It's not about the boss arena, and it's not about the boss; in The Elder Scrolls Online, it's about both. A new article on...
Frozen Flame adds rams, killable Titans, and new magic with its most recent patch
Here's the bad news about the Titans in Frozen Flame: Their mechanics and loot drops are still very much a work in progress. But...
TERA previews its fight against Gardan of the Ice
Who is Gardan of the Ice? Well, he might just be your new best friend in TERA, if you consider fighting against a very...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs go overboard with particle effects?
There was an old joke among myself and some of my friends playing World of Warcraft about how it was convenient that bosses are...
The Daily Grind: Does bigger content in an MMO feel more epic to you?
The tradition of making big plot stuff happen in big groups is not unique to World of Warcraft, but it was one of the...
Neverwinter details the boss encounters of Fangbreaker Island
Dungeons are defined in part by their mechanics, and a good chunk of that is usually the boss fights. The next high-end dungeon in...
Skyforge outlines the fight against Melegh in the D3 Distortion
The Reapers serve as low-level punching bags in Skyforge, but they're also capable of being higher-order threats as well. In the game's next major...
Gloria Victis patches in bosses and a larger world
The world of Gloria Victis has gotten larger with the most recent patch, a great deal of additional space available for players to tromp...
WildStar details the ins and outs of its world bosses
There are lots of bosses out in the world of WildStar. They're larger, they're in charge, and they're designed for groups with two tanks,...
Here’s a look at the latest Black Desert open world boss battle
Want to see the newest Black Desert boss battle? Head to Steparu's site, as he's got video clips and screenshots of the new creature that...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Steps of Faith
It happened, just as expected. A day after I posted a lengthy column discussing Final Fantasy XIV's last big pre-expansion patch, that patch dropped, and...
This WoW boss fight is causing motion sickness
When you jump into a World of Warcraft raid, you're hoping to get some keen new armor, maybe a weapon or two, that sort...
